Sec. 1. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of Pavilion Township."

Sec. 2. In the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare, the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance is to prevent the overcrowding of land and buildings, avoid undue concentration of population, provide adequate light and air with due consideration to the character of the zone and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with the objective of conserving the value of property and encouraging the most appropriate use of the land. Therefore,

Sec. 3. Be it ordained the Pavilion Township Board pursuant to the provisions of the State of Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (2006 P.A. 110) as may be amended, that the Ordinance heretofore enacted as the Zoning Ordinance of Pavilion Township is for; the establishment of zoning districts within which districts the use of land for agriculture, recreation, residence, industry, trade, soil conservation, water supply conservation and additional uses of land may be encouraged, regulated, or prohibited, and for such purposes may divide portions of Pavilion Township into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the provisions of the Act; and to adopt within each district provisions designating and limiting the location, height, size and number of stories of dwellings, buildings, and structures that may hereafter be erected, altered, or placed and the specific uses for which dwellings, buildings, and structures, may hereafter be erected, or altered; and for the regulation of the area of yards, courts, and other open spaces and the sanitary, safety, and protective measures that shall be required for such dwellings, buildings, and for the designation of the maximum number of families which may be housed in buildings, dwellings, and structures, hereafter erected, or altered, to provide for a method of amending said Ordinance; to provide for the repeal of the Pavilion Township Zoning Ordinance adopted on July 9, 1956 as subsequently amended, to provide for the administering of the Ordinance; to provide for conflicts with other acts, Ordinances, or regulations; to provide for the collection of fees for the furtherance of the purpose of this Ordinance; to provide for petitions and public hearings; to provide for appeals and for the organization and procedure of the Pavilion Township Board of Appeals; and to provide for penalties for the violation of said Ordinance.

Anything not legal under the previous Ordinance shall not be made legal by the adoption of this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 139, § 3, 9-8-06)